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JOURNAL
VOL. 2.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, DECEMBER 20, 1910.
N 0. 2S
PERSONAL PROPERTY
TAX LIST
8.20
3 27
1.09
2 18
2 62
6.57
2.93
1.28
4 15
7 68
3 23
3 57
2 46
3.59
The Amount You are ta Contribute to the County Before
March 1,1911
. The Journal will print the
personal property tax assessed
aga$\st the taxpayers of Pierz
and adi^cent towns, as it appears in the Transcript. Taxes
Tall due and must be paid before March 1 1911.
Kl'GKMAN
Auer, Micilael $ «•"?>
Anderle, Teresia B 23
Altenhofen, Nicholas
Blackwood, Robt
Brausen, Peter
Brausen, Jacob P
Briese, Adolf
Briese, Robt
Braun, Mathias, Jr.,
Born, Gustaf
Braun, Mathias, Sr.,
Brixius, John
Bauer, Jolm
Bauer, Mathias .
Bumtrardner, Fred
Billig, L A
Breuning., Mrs Lena
Brandl, John A 6 46
Brandl, John, Sr.,
Block, Anna
Balms, William
Britz, Mathias
Baron, John A
Baron, Bridget
Damuth, Adolf
Denzen, Peter
Denzen, Geo
Docken, Harry, Jr.,._-_
Docken, Geo r- 10 19
Dalimen, Nicholas 3 34
Dubiel, Sam 3 05
Dropps, GW 6 26
Doblmeyer, Henry
Druschba, John
Dehler, August
Dehler, Aug. and Aug. B.
Dengel, Henry K 4 00
Dobrneier, T
Dilleuburg, Sat
Danial, N H
Faust, Mrs- Lena
Froelich, jos
Caking, Chas —-
Caking, Christ
Gobi, Paul
Grittner, Caroline
Guse. Aug L
Grundhoeler, N
Gohl, Michael
Hurrle, X
Hesch, Mrs. Marie 5-83
TOTAL TAX LEVY
IS $212,808.25
County Auditor and Force Complete the Abstract of Tax
Levy for 1910
The abstract of the tax list of
Morrison county for the year of
1910 has been completed by
CountyA uditor W. A. Butler
and deputy B. Y. McNairy. The
total tax levy as set forth by
the abstract is $212,608.25. The
subdivisions into which funds
this total is to direct itself are:
For state revenue__ $ 8,246.97
... ■9;..:
ir______3____35G
D
a
INDEMNITY LAND
CASES UP AGAIN
RANGE EXPLODES
WITH VIOLENCE
Important Test Case Involving '' Luckily No Children Were in the
Many Homesteads in
Two Counties
State school
Interest and principal on state bonds.
County purposes
Cities and villages.-
Town
School purposes
6,900.33
8.228.21
59,637.93
29.077.10
38,922.51
61,597.20
..18
1 89
4 36
6 83
3.02
.39
5.42
5 37
4 47
3 99
4 31
1.89
1 44
7 95
4 78
6 08
2 93
5 78
2 70
5 62
4 13
5 55
4 69
.63
2 65
7 81
Total levy $212,608.25
—Transcript.
iORE TROUBLE
FOR KLlfllEK BROS.
Prosecutions Started by the
Slate Ag&iast the Klimeks to
be Continued
. 15
9 76
6 14
4 47
10 42
"Life's But a Walking Shadow, a
Poor Player That Struts and Frets
His Hour Upon The Stage And
Then is Heard No More."
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i
Bortsch, Frank .—
Hortsch, Jos
Hinghsberger, Adelhide
Hervers, Fritz
Hervers, Jos
Hill, Jjs F
Halama, Thos 5 76
Heurung, Carl 10 12
Hordotf, Mrs Amelia 9 37
Houn, Jos 7 83
Houn, Wenzel .60
Heigel, Frances 1-44
Hoffman, Geo 7 09
Janson, John ... 8 20
Janson, Jos A __ -33
Janson, Jos A 12.01
Janson, Michael 13.06
Janson, Jos., Sr 5 49
Jendro, Martin 4 94
Keer, John J 4 19
Keehr, Fred 15 60
Keehr, Emil 5 36
Keer, Chas M 2 15
Kuschel, G M 18 71
Kuschel, Chas 9 16
Kuschel, Lewis 6 97
Kenzer, Jos _— 4 81
Kinzer, Nicholas 13 8.
Kernan, Frank .37
Kriefall, Renhold 6 7s
Kowitz, Geo 10 47
Kahl, Frank 5 96
Kaiser, John 3 73
Kaiser. Jacob 3 74
Kelzenberg, J^ohn 8 02
Kloss, Albert 8 02
Kaas, John .49
Kapsner, Jolm, 10 96
Lowschieder, Mrs. Peter. 6 39
Long, Gustav .88
Mueller, Adam .31
Mueller. Peter J 4.on
Mueller Brojp 37 05
Mueller, PeAer, Sr 8 36
Miller, ChalW 6 95
Miller, Bar*, Jr 4 89
Meyer, AugB ... 5 57
ContinBd on page 4.
The warfare between the
two local jewelry auctioneers
and the city authorities was
called of todav when D.
Frank for", conducting an auction for N. Peterson at 702
Tower avenue and H, E. Glen-
dore, conducting" what the
firm'.; own announcement
termed "the most notorious
auction in the city" in the
Waterraa block, agreed to takeout license by the year undet
the new ordinance relating to
auction sales. They will each
pav $150 for their licenses.
This settles the matter so far
as the citv is concerned but
the KlimekCros., prosecution
by the state authorities will
continue. TheTwellth. st.eet
jewelers are being prosecuted
for doing business in the stata
as a foreign corporation, contrary to the state laws on the
subject. Several other cases
in which the district attorney
is prosecuting are also pending against Klimek Bros., and
others interested with him in
ihe business. It is understood
that the settlement with the
city will in no way affect the
status of the cases staned by
District Attorney McKay.—
Superior Telegram.
Hunts Ducks in His Airship
Hupert Latham, the French
aviator, went duck hunting
yesterday at the Bolsa Chico
club in a monoplane. He circled over the feeding grounds
of the wild fowls, frightening
the birds into the air in droves
of thousands, Latham carried
a shotgun and killed several
brace of the ducks.
After pursuing the sport for
half an hour, he landed at the
gun club. A group of guests
of the club stood on a knoll
over looking the shooting
grounds and watched the
sport.
Carrying the loaded weapon
across his lap, the aviator sat
quietly in his machine as he
approached the shooting
grounds. Once in the vicinity
of the marshes the water fowl
rose, frightened by the ap
pearanceof the aerial monster.
Plying directly over the club
hous , he chised them out to
sea, pursu ngthem more than
three mile. - Duluth Herald.
Pierz sports, take notice.
John Stumpf died last Monday, December the twenty-
sixth, after and illness of one week. He was born in
Zindorf, near Cologne, Germany, December the twenty-
sixth, eighteen-hundredand-thirty seven, came to Cross
Plains, Wisconsin, in eighteenhundred-and-fifty-one and
lived their until eighteen-hundreclandsixty-nine when
he came to Pierz. Mr. Stumpf is survived by his widow,
three sons: Frank, Theodore and Henry; four daughters:
Mrs. Hubert Bares, Mrs. Jacob Blake, Mrs. Herman
Bentfeld and Mrs. John Rassier; and about fifty grandchildren and six great grand children. He was buried
Thursday morning in St. Joseph's cemeter}'.
As a public officer he held an enviable record. He
was elected state representative from this district in
eighteen-hundred-and-eighty, served as chairman of the
board of county commissioners for twelve years, and
was three years chairman of the supervisors of the
town of Pierz.
All honor to John Stumpf!
He was a man who ever hewed to the line.
To the young, hopeful, robust, who are in full possession of their strength and faculties, death is no pleasant contemplation; but, in this instance, it came at a
time and age when, at best, it could not be very many
years deferred. He
"Sank to his grave with unperceived decay,
While gentle resignation sloped the way."
Then, let us all, and especially his kin, keep in mind
that death, which enevitably comes to all that breathes,
did not strike an unseasonable blow", that the tomb
closed over a long life of usefulness and over the weakness of age; and to more fully round out a purposeful
existence, the end came—as if by design—with the closing of the year and on the anniversary of the day when
lie fir-e't saw light.
_L_j_^.*:_&__&-_-S^-^-^^
Sail Jan. 1.
Jos. Z.lla ol Rucker came
down Tuesdav.
Math Witzstein of Buck-
man was here Tuesday.
Jos Blake of Lastrup was
in town list Tuesday.
ur. E. L. Hawes the Dentist
will be in Pierz on Jan. 4th and
5th. Call eany if you wish work
done.
A. E. Macho is moving his
stock into the new building.
P. A.Hartman has installed a
hot air furnace into A. E.
Macho's new furniture store.
Nice young beef by the quarter
Sc and6c at J. II. Schaefer's.
Mike Leese and John Gau
report the following: "The
other dav while out hunting
we raised a jack rabbit and
followed him for seventeen
miles. Jack, to elude us
jumped into the sled box of
\Vm. Rucker who captured
him."
This storv sounds much
like some of Muenchhausen's
tales. Baron Muenchhausen,
with the possible exception of
Dr, Cook, is admittedly the
i.iggest liar in the history o:
the worlo. Now, what is Mike
Leese and John Gau?
Peter Theis of Hiliman
went to Avon, Stearns Co.
Weonesdav on busii.ess and
to visit relatives and friends.
Hemay stay about one week.
Cashier A. P. Stoll and
family -spent Christmas with
his mother at Little Falls.
Mike Nagel brought a load
of stock to market Wednesday.
I buy all kinds of wh ite oakand
t-marac ties.
C. E. Qravel.
A party of young folks
gathered at the home of John
Kippley in Agram Monday
evening for a few hours of jollification.
A Warning to Town
Officers
In the town of Smoky Hollow, t ass conntv, the public
examiner fiuds that town
funds have been misappropriated and that the town supervisors have been drawing
money from the town treasur-
y for work performed by them
selves. The grand jury is investigating and prosecutions
will follow. Section 688, revised status, reads asfollows:
"No supervisor or town
clerk shall become a partv
to, or be dire;tly interested
in, an}* c ntract made or payment voted by the town board.
Every contract and payment
voted or made contrary to the
provisions of this section shall
be void, and any such officer
I Mr. Gormon is attorney for
, Waas, and this is a test case.
1 which involves the homesteads
for two or three hundred settlers in Morrison aiid Todd
counties, the land on which
; they settled being claimed by
j the Northern Pacific. The claim
is that the road has no right to
j the land, and Mr. Gorman won
Ibis case in the district court,
'and in the state supreme court
I The case was appealed to the
I supreme court of the United
j States by the railroad, and was
i argued on April 28 last- Jit is
supposed that there have been
so many changes in the court
since that time that the new
members want the benefit of
the arguments of the attorneys
before rendering a decision, and
the importance of it requires a
decision by the full court. Mr.
Gorman will go to Washington
to argue the case for the second
time. —St. Cloud Times
ShortChangersSentenced
Judge M. D. Taylor yesterday
afternoon sentenced Christ
Hamlin,one of the men who recently short changed Harry
Williams of Pipestone iu a
Great Northern train while it
was standing at the deffot in
this city out of $23, to a one to
five year reformatory sentence.
This will give the officials at
the reformatory a chance to
look up his record in the meantime as he is thought to have
been in trouble before.G. Lane
who was Hamlin's companion
in the short change bu-iness,
received a.same sentence.
These men it will be remembered were recently brought back
j from Sioux City, Iowa, where
they were located by the Great
Northern detectives and when
arraigned in justice court expressed their desire to plead
guilty and take their sentence
at once. Otherwise they would
have to wait until the grand
jury convened in May before
they could have stood trial.--St.
Cloud journal-Press
Not many yearsago, afriend
of the editor, now a saloonkeeper in Albany was shortchanged by one of the above
fraternity. He was leaving* the
Minneapolis Union depot on a
Great Northern train, and
while still going at a slow
speed, a man entered the car
with a hand full of five dollar
bills. He wanted a twenty dollar bill for which he was willing to give four fives, hesaid.
When mv friend, whoaccomo-
dated him recounted his!
change he found he had only
three fives; the short change ■
artist had folded the bill in
the middie and counted both)
ends. The train was at once
Kitchen at the Time the
Accident Occured
Saturdav morning about $
o'clock Andrew Fausts kitchen range exploded The lire
was built as usual at seven o'
clock ar.d Mrs. Faust and her
daughter Maud began to prepare breakfast.
About eight o'clock, when
Mrs. Faust had stepped into
a front room and Miud was
sitting at the table in the dining room the explosion occured with a violence which drove
pieces of steel through the
plastering and into the wall-
One piece w is hurled thro gb
the open dining found door,
tore off the back of a chair,
ripped the table cloth and
still had force enough to break
the plastering and lath. Luckily none of the children were
in the kitchen at the time.
The large heavy range was
reduced to a mass of wreckage and twisted steeL After the
echo of the report,* hich was
heard everywhere in the neighborhood, had died away, Andre wmustered courage enough
to get up and learn the cause
of so early adisturbance.In the
excitement he stepped unto
some live coal which were ever}* where scattered on the
floor. He jumped up and down
with blistered feet and shouted,fire! The chief heard itand
responded with the company,
Andrew now doubts whether
it was an explosion.lt is more
probable, he says, that it was
only a sudden scattering or
spontaneous distribution of
the range.
Battleship Explosion
Probed
Coal gas ignietd by amatch
struck bv the victim was the
cause of the explosion on the
battleship North Dakota at
j Portland, Eng., Dec. 4, according to the finding of
the
board of inquiry
Coal Passer H. Evans, who
died of burns received in the
explosion, entered the coal
bunker to take a rap. Finding
that he needed a light in order to arrange his improvised
bed. he struck a match, which
ignited gas accumulated in
the bunker. -Mpls. Journal.
violating the provisions of this brought to a stop, but by that
section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor a rd, in addition
to the punishment prescribed
b> law, shall be removed from
office."—Princeton Union.
time the fellow had disappeared among the boxcars.
Chief Disasters of a Week
Bolton, Eng., Explosion in
Little Hutton, Collierv, more
than three hundred killed
British Columbia—Mineex-
plosiou 10 killed.
New York, Dec. ,16.-—Explosion at power house Grand
Central station, 10 killed, 125
injured.
Philadelphia. Dec, 21.-D.
Friedlander fire, 27 killed.
Cincinnati, Dec. 21 —Fire in
manufacturing district, two
killed.
Chicago, Dec. 21. —Wreck
Manhattan flyer, one killed
13, injured.
Chicago, Dec. 22-Stock Yards
fire, first explosior! 27 to 34
killed; second explosion, 14
killed.
One Good Man
Only* one man in this entire community showed his
appreciation for the services
of his Rural mad carrier by a
Christmas gitt.
The line custom of giving a
small present to the carrier
is common in most places and
may become prevalent here.
New Year is coming!
School Reports.
Report of school dist. No. 88
for the month ending Dec. 71.
No. of pupils enrolled -11
No. days taught .18
Average daily attendance 6
Those that were neither absent nor tardy are: Dorethy
L,nn, Frank Sims and Merle
Look. Addie Brown,
teacher.
Read all the ads this week
ill
in
Drink Rex Beer, Duluth Brewing and Malting o., Duluth,
Minn. Qeo. Sargent, Distributor
Brainerd, Minn.
Flower Growing in Southern France
? The climate in the South of
France makes possible the
growing of flowers during the
winter season, during which
time they are generally very
rare elsewhere' Taken before
retiring, a glass of golden
grain belt beer insures sound
sleep and vou awake rested
and refreshed and good for a
hard day's work. Try it and
be convinced.
Order of your nearest dealer or
be supplied by E. S. Tanner,
Little Falls.
Mel Wermeskirchen is
and went to the hospital
Little Falls last Tuesday.
H. Tolman of St. Cloud, representing the International
Harvester Co. was in town
yesterday.
Math Valentine and son of
Platte were in Pierz aesterday.
O. A, Bradv, representing
the P. J. Bowlin Liquor Co, of
St. Paul visited his customers
in Pierz yesterday.
Richard Boehm of St. Cloud
Normal is spending" the holiday vacation at home.
A small social gathering
was held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jos. Rauch Wednesday evening. Music was the
pastime indulged in by those
present.
The Antlers Hotel at Little
Falls has been bought by R.
M. Dorrance of Ohio who will
remodel the hostelry and o*
it to guests Mav 30th.
_>£t\

I • • • • • 1
• ••••
Anderle, Teresia B 23
Altenhofen, Nicholas
Blackwood, Robt
Brausen, Peter
Brausen, Jacob P
Briese, Adolf
Briese, Robt
Braun, Mathias, Jr.,
Born, Gustaf
Braun, Mathias, Sr.,
Brixius, John
Bauer, Jolm
Bauer, Mathias .
Bumtrardner, Fred
Billig, L A
Breuning., Mrs Lena
Brandl, John A 6 46
Brandl, John, Sr.,
Block, Anna
Balms, William
Britz, Mathias
Baron, John A
Baron, Bridget
Damuth, Adolf
Denzen, Peter
Denzen, Geo
Docken, Harry, Jr.,._-_
Docken, Geo r- 10 19
Dalimen, Nicholas 3 34
Dubiel, Sam 3 05
Dropps, GW 6 26
Doblmeyer, Henry
Druschba, John
Dehler, August
Dehler, Aug. and Aug. B.
Dengel, Henry K 4 00
Dobrneier, T
Dilleuburg, Sat
Danial, N H
Faust, Mrs- Lena
Froelich, jos
Caking, Chas —-
Caking, Christ
Gobi, Paul
Grittner, Caroline
Guse. Aug L
Grundhoeler, N
Gohl, Michael
Hurrle, X
Hesch, Mrs. Marie 5-83
TOTAL TAX LEVY
IS $212,808.25
County Auditor and Force Complete the Abstract of Tax
Levy for 1910
The abstract of the tax list of
Morrison county for the year of
1910 has been completed by
CountyA uditor W. A. Butler
and deputy B. Y. McNairy. The
total tax levy as set forth by
the abstract is $212,608.25. The
subdivisions into which funds
this total is to direct itself are:
For state revenue__ $ 8,246.97
... ■9;..:
ir______3____35G
D
a
INDEMNITY LAND
CASES UP AGAIN
RANGE EXPLODES
WITH VIOLENCE
Important Test Case Involving '' Luckily No Children Were in the
Many Homesteads in
Two Counties
State school
Interest and principal on state bonds.
County purposes
Cities and villages.-
Town
School purposes
6,900.33
8.228.21
59,637.93
29.077.10
38,922.51
61,597.20
..18
1 89
4 36
6 83
3.02
.39
5.42
5 37
4 47
3 99
4 31
1.89
1 44
7 95
4 78
6 08
2 93
5 78
2 70
5 62
4 13
5 55
4 69
.63
2 65
7 81
Total levy $212,608.25
—Transcript.
iORE TROUBLE
FOR KLlfllEK BROS.
Prosecutions Started by the
Slate Ag&iast the Klimeks to
be Continued
. 15
9 76
6 14
4 47
10 42
"Life's But a Walking Shadow, a
Poor Player That Struts and Frets
His Hour Upon The Stage And
Then is Heard No More."
i
i
Bortsch, Frank .—
Hortsch, Jos
Hinghsberger, Adelhide
Hervers, Fritz
Hervers, Jos
Hill, Jjs F
Halama, Thos 5 76
Heurung, Carl 10 12
Hordotf, Mrs Amelia 9 37
Houn, Jos 7 83
Houn, Wenzel .60
Heigel, Frances 1-44
Hoffman, Geo 7 09
Janson, John ... 8 20
Janson, Jos A __ -33
Janson, Jos A 12.01
Janson, Michael 13.06
Janson, Jos., Sr 5 49
Jendro, Martin 4 94
Keer, John J 4 19
Keehr, Fred 15 60
Keehr, Emil 5 36
Keer, Chas M 2 15
Kuschel, G M 18 71
Kuschel, Chas 9 16
Kuschel, Lewis 6 97
Kenzer, Jos _— 4 81
Kinzer, Nicholas 13 8.
Kernan, Frank .37
Kriefall, Renhold 6 7s
Kowitz, Geo 10 47
Kahl, Frank 5 96
Kaiser, John 3 73
Kaiser. Jacob 3 74
Kelzenberg, J^ohn 8 02
Kloss, Albert 8 02
Kaas, John .49
Kapsner, Jolm, 10 96
Lowschieder, Mrs. Peter. 6 39
Long, Gustav .88
Mueller, Adam .31
Mueller. Peter J 4.on
Mueller Brojp 37 05
Mueller, PeAer, Sr 8 36
Miller, ChalW 6 95
Miller, Bar*, Jr 4 89
Meyer, AugB ... 5 57
ContinBd on page 4.
The warfare between the
two local jewelry auctioneers
and the city authorities was
called of todav when D.
Frank for", conducting an auction for N. Peterson at 702
Tower avenue and H, E. Glen-
dore, conducting" what the
firm'.; own announcement
termed "the most notorious
auction in the city" in the
Waterraa block, agreed to takeout license by the year undet
the new ordinance relating to
auction sales. They will each
pav $150 for their licenses.
This settles the matter so far
as the citv is concerned but
the KlimekCros., prosecution
by the state authorities will
continue. TheTwellth. st.eet
jewelers are being prosecuted
for doing business in the stata
as a foreign corporation, contrary to the state laws on the
subject. Several other cases
in which the district attorney
is prosecuting are also pending against Klimek Bros., and
others interested with him in
ihe business. It is understood
that the settlement with the
city will in no way affect the
status of the cases staned by
District Attorney McKay.—
Superior Telegram.
Hunts Ducks in His Airship
Hupert Latham, the French
aviator, went duck hunting
yesterday at the Bolsa Chico
club in a monoplane. He circled over the feeding grounds
of the wild fowls, frightening
the birds into the air in droves
of thousands, Latham carried
a shotgun and killed several
brace of the ducks.
After pursuing the sport for
half an hour, he landed at the
gun club. A group of guests
of the club stood on a knoll
over looking the shooting
grounds and watched the
sport.
Carrying the loaded weapon
across his lap, the aviator sat
quietly in his machine as he
approached the shooting
grounds. Once in the vicinity
of the marshes the water fowl
rose, frightened by the ap
pearanceof the aerial monster.
Plying directly over the club
hous , he chised them out to
sea, pursu ngthem more than
three mile. - Duluth Herald.
Pierz sports, take notice.
John Stumpf died last Monday, December the twenty-
sixth, after and illness of one week. He was born in
Zindorf, near Cologne, Germany, December the twenty-
sixth, eighteen-hundredand-thirty seven, came to Cross
Plains, Wisconsin, in eighteenhundred-and-fifty-one and
lived their until eighteen-hundreclandsixty-nine when
he came to Pierz. Mr. Stumpf is survived by his widow,
three sons: Frank, Theodore and Henry; four daughters:
Mrs. Hubert Bares, Mrs. Jacob Blake, Mrs. Herman
Bentfeld and Mrs. John Rassier; and about fifty grandchildren and six great grand children. He was buried
Thursday morning in St. Joseph's cemeter}'.
As a public officer he held an enviable record. He
was elected state representative from this district in
eighteen-hundred-and-eighty, served as chairman of the
board of county commissioners for twelve years, and
was three years chairman of the supervisors of the
town of Pierz.
All honor to John Stumpf!
He was a man who ever hewed to the line.
To the young, hopeful, robust, who are in full possession of their strength and faculties, death is no pleasant contemplation; but, in this instance, it came at a
time and age when, at best, it could not be very many
years deferred. He
"Sank to his grave with unperceived decay,
While gentle resignation sloped the way."
Then, let us all, and especially his kin, keep in mind
that death, which enevitably comes to all that breathes,
did not strike an unseasonable blow", that the tomb
closed over a long life of usefulness and over the weakness of age; and to more fully round out a purposeful
existence, the end came—as if by design—with the closing of the year and on the anniversary of the day when
lie fir-e't saw light.
_L_j_^.*:_&__&-_-S^-^-^^
Sail Jan. 1.
Jos. Z.lla ol Rucker came
down Tuesdav.
Math Witzstein of Buck-
man was here Tuesday.
Jos Blake of Lastrup was
in town list Tuesday.
ur. E. L. Hawes the Dentist
will be in Pierz on Jan. 4th and
5th. Call eany if you wish work
done.
A. E. Macho is moving his
stock into the new building.
P. A.Hartman has installed a
hot air furnace into A. E.
Macho's new furniture store.
Nice young beef by the quarter
Sc and6c at J. II. Schaefer's.
Mike Leese and John Gau
report the following: "The
other dav while out hunting
we raised a jack rabbit and
followed him for seventeen
miles. Jack, to elude us
jumped into the sled box of
\Vm. Rucker who captured
him."
This storv sounds much
like some of Muenchhausen's
tales. Baron Muenchhausen,
with the possible exception of
Dr, Cook, is admittedly the
i.iggest liar in the history o:
the worlo. Now, what is Mike
Leese and John Gau?
Peter Theis of Hiliman
went to Avon, Stearns Co.
Weonesdav on busii.ess and
to visit relatives and friends.
Hemay stay about one week.
Cashier A. P. Stoll and
family -spent Christmas with
his mother at Little Falls.
Mike Nagel brought a load
of stock to market Wednesday.
I buy all kinds of wh ite oakand
t-marac ties.
C. E. Qravel.
A party of young folks
gathered at the home of John
Kippley in Agram Monday
evening for a few hours of jollification.
A Warning to Town
Officers
In the town of Smoky Hollow, t ass conntv, the public
examiner fiuds that town
funds have been misappropriated and that the town supervisors have been drawing
money from the town treasur-
y for work performed by them
selves. The grand jury is investigating and prosecutions
will follow. Section 688, revised status, reads asfollows:
"No supervisor or town
clerk shall become a partv
to, or be dire;tly interested
in, an}* c ntract made or payment voted by the town board.
Every contract and payment
voted or made contrary to the
provisions of this section shall
be void, and any such officer
I Mr. Gormon is attorney for
, Waas, and this is a test case.
1 which involves the homesteads
for two or three hundred settlers in Morrison aiid Todd
counties, the land on which
; they settled being claimed by
j the Northern Pacific. The claim
is that the road has no right to
j the land, and Mr. Gorman won
Ibis case in the district court,
'and in the state supreme court
I The case was appealed to the
I supreme court of the United
j States by the railroad, and was
i argued on April 28 last- Jit is
supposed that there have been
so many changes in the court
since that time that the new
members want the benefit of
the arguments of the attorneys
before rendering a decision, and
the importance of it requires a
decision by the full court. Mr.
Gorman will go to Washington
to argue the case for the second
time. —St. Cloud Times
ShortChangersSentenced
Judge M. D. Taylor yesterday
afternoon sentenced Christ
Hamlin,one of the men who recently short changed Harry
Williams of Pipestone iu a
Great Northern train while it
was standing at the deffot in
this city out of $23, to a one to
five year reformatory sentence.
This will give the officials at
the reformatory a chance to
look up his record in the meantime as he is thought to have
been in trouble before.G. Lane
who was Hamlin's companion
in the short change bu-iness,
received a.same sentence.
These men it will be remembered were recently brought back
j from Sioux City, Iowa, where
they were located by the Great
Northern detectives and when
arraigned in justice court expressed their desire to plead
guilty and take their sentence
at once. Otherwise they would
have to wait until the grand
jury convened in May before
they could have stood trial.--St.
Cloud journal-Press
Not many yearsago, afriend
of the editor, now a saloonkeeper in Albany was shortchanged by one of the above
fraternity. He was leaving* the
Minneapolis Union depot on a
Great Northern train, and
while still going at a slow
speed, a man entered the car
with a hand full of five dollar
bills. He wanted a twenty dollar bill for which he was willing to give four fives, hesaid.
When mv friend, whoaccomo-
dated him recounted his!
change he found he had only
three fives; the short change ■
artist had folded the bill in
the middie and counted both)
ends. The train was at once
Kitchen at the Time the
Accident Occured
Saturdav morning about $
o'clock Andrew Fausts kitchen range exploded The lire
was built as usual at seven o'
clock ar.d Mrs. Faust and her
daughter Maud began to prepare breakfast.
About eight o'clock, when
Mrs. Faust had stepped into
a front room and Miud was
sitting at the table in the dining room the explosion occured with a violence which drove
pieces of steel through the
plastering and into the wall-
One piece w is hurled thro gb
the open dining found door,
tore off the back of a chair,
ripped the table cloth and
still had force enough to break
the plastering and lath. Luckily none of the children were
in the kitchen at the time.
The large heavy range was
reduced to a mass of wreckage and twisted steeL After the
echo of the report,* hich was
heard everywhere in the neighborhood, had died away, Andre wmustered courage enough
to get up and learn the cause
of so early adisturbance.In the
excitement he stepped unto
some live coal which were ever}* where scattered on the
floor. He jumped up and down
with blistered feet and shouted,fire! The chief heard itand
responded with the company,
Andrew now doubts whether
it was an explosion.lt is more
probable, he says, that it was
only a sudden scattering or
spontaneous distribution of
the range.
Battleship Explosion
Probed
Coal gas ignietd by amatch
struck bv the victim was the
cause of the explosion on the
battleship North Dakota at
j Portland, Eng., Dec. 4, according to the finding of
the
board of inquiry
Coal Passer H. Evans, who
died of burns received in the
explosion, entered the coal
bunker to take a rap. Finding
that he needed a light in order to arrange his improvised
bed. he struck a match, which
ignited gas accumulated in
the bunker. -Mpls. Journal.
violating the provisions of this brought to a stop, but by that
section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor a rd, in addition
to the punishment prescribed
b> law, shall be removed from
office."—Princeton Union.
time the fellow had disappeared among the boxcars.
Chief Disasters of a Week
Bolton, Eng., Explosion in
Little Hutton, Collierv, more
than three hundred killed
British Columbia—Mineex-
plosiou 10 killed.
New York, Dec. ,16.-—Explosion at power house Grand
Central station, 10 killed, 125
injured.
Philadelphia. Dec, 21.-D.
Friedlander fire, 27 killed.
Cincinnati, Dec. 21 —Fire in
manufacturing district, two
killed.
Chicago, Dec. 21. —Wreck
Manhattan flyer, one killed
13, injured.
Chicago, Dec. 22-Stock Yards
fire, first explosior! 27 to 34
killed; second explosion, 14
killed.
One Good Man
Only* one man in this entire community showed his
appreciation for the services
of his Rural mad carrier by a
Christmas gitt.
The line custom of giving a
small present to the carrier
is common in most places and
may become prevalent here.
New Year is coming!
School Reports.
Report of school dist. No. 88
for the month ending Dec. 71.
No. of pupils enrolled -11
No. days taught .18
Average daily attendance 6
Those that were neither absent nor tardy are: Dorethy
L,nn, Frank Sims and Merle
Look. Addie Brown,
teacher.
Read all the ads this week
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in
Drink Rex Beer, Duluth Brewing and Malting o., Duluth,
Minn. Qeo. Sargent, Distributor
Brainerd, Minn.
Flower Growing in Southern France
? The climate in the South of
France makes possible the
growing of flowers during the
winter season, during which
time they are generally very
rare elsewhere' Taken before
retiring, a glass of golden
grain belt beer insures sound
sleep and vou awake rested
and refreshed and good for a
hard day's work. Try it and
be convinced.
Order of your nearest dealer or
be supplied by E. S. Tanner,
Little Falls.
Mel Wermeskirchen is
and went to the hospital
Little Falls last Tuesday.
H. Tolman of St. Cloud, representing the International
Harvester Co. was in town
yesterday.
Math Valentine and son of
Platte were in Pierz aesterday.
O. A, Bradv, representing
the P. J. Bowlin Liquor Co, of
St. Paul visited his customers
in Pierz yesterday.
Richard Boehm of St. Cloud
Normal is spending" the holiday vacation at home.
A small social gathering
was held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jos. Rauch Wednesday evening. Music was the
pastime indulged in by those
present.
The Antlers Hotel at Little
Falls has been bought by R.
M. Dorrance of Ohio who will
remodel the hostelry and o*
it to guests Mav 30th.
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